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16-08-2004, 10:05 AM
http://www.finance24.co.za/Finance/Companies/0,,1518-24_1573431,00.html
Telkom job cuts stopped
16/08/2004 09:13 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Telkom will not start offering voluntary severance and early retirement packages from Monday following a court interdict granted to three unions on Sunday.
However, spokesperson Ravin Maharaj said the Sunday night sitting of the Labour Court, in Braamfontein, had also granted the telecommunications facility the right to appeal against the judgement.
Maharaj and Dirk Hermann, spokesperson for one of the unions, Solidarity, both said that the court had ordered that Telkom first go through proper consultation with the unions on the rationale to retrench.
Solidarity, the SA Communication Union and the Communication Workers Union sought legal action against Telkom's plans to go ahead with the planned retrenchments of about 4 100 workers over the next three years.
Maharaj said: "We will continue to engage constructively with organised labour on the process."
Meanwhile Hermann called the court ruling "a victory for workers at Telkom and for fairness".
Edited by Fadia Salie
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Telkom job cuts stopped
16/08/2004 09:13 - (SA)
Johannesburg - Telkom will not start offering voluntary severance and early retirement packages from Monday following a court interdict granted to three unions on Sunday.
However, spokesperson Ravin Maharaj said the Sunday night sitting of the Labour Court, in Braamfontein, had also granted the telecommunications facility the right to appeal against the judgement.
Maharaj and Dirk Hermann, spokesperson for one of the unions, Solidarity, both said that the court had ordered that Telkom first go through proper consultation with the unions on the rationale to retrench.
Solidarity, the SA Communication Union and the Communication Workers Union sought legal action against Telkom's plans to go ahead with the planned retrenchments of about 4 100 workers over the next three years.
Maharaj said: "We will continue to engage constructively with organised labour on the process."
Meanwhile Hermann called the court ruling "a victory for workers at Telkom and for fairness".
Edited by Fadia Salie
<b><hr noshade size="1"></b><font size="2"><font color="red"><b>You can take Telkom out of the Post Office but you can't take the Post Office out of Telkom.</b></font id="red"></font id="size2">